Otago Daily Times cartoonist Shaun Yeo said he was annoyed and upset that a cartoon created to mourn the Christchurch mosque attacks has been hijacked for an anti-vaccination message.
Yeo created his ''crying kiwi'' cartoon in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, and the image went viral after striking a chord with New Zealanders devastated by the events.
Now, the cartoon has been appropriated in an anti-vaccination image being shared on social media.
![The author of the famous crying kiwi cartoon is unhappy his image is being used by anti-vaxxers.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/X7JRM4TEVFSJSUEQZ73CTPZGIA.jpg?auth=6e9e6be2c5379d6bfb09553af099ca8bf99d34603bbab00a668fc93ddfd2ecc4&width=16&height=17&quality=70&smart=true)